The Supervisor of Elections,
Mohammed Saneem, has confirmed receiving papers, including
photos and a copy of a ballot paper from a group of five
political parties, which have made allegations of
“systematic fraud”.

After a count of 334,313 votes in
the final tally, coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama had a
dominating lead of 193,281 votes – or almost 58 percent
of the total votes counted.

The group, which does not
include Fiji First, says the photos show unsecured ballot
papers in a car boot and they are documenting 50 more cases
including evidence of one village polling station that was
never set up.

The Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem
says the car in the photo was leased to the Fijian Elections
Office:

“What is not clear is what is the relation of
the evidence to any of the polling stations. Of course we
take this seriously. The Fijian Elections Office has always
said that we are committed to transparency and honesty and
integrity. The alleged evidence that we have received
requires more verification.”

RNZI quoted Saneem as
saying the parties could also take their complaints to
Fiji’s corruption authorities.

The final tally after
1414 of 2012 polling stations had been processed today.

The Fiji Times reported that police had appealed to
the public to “not panic” if they saw soldiers
patrolling the streets.

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